Carmen brushed a stray bit of flour off of her nose as she stepped away from her masterpiece. The confectionary creation was an extravagant combination of gingerbread, whipped cream, candy canes, and lots of gumdrops. After a careful examination of her piece, Carmen determined that it was ready to be presented to her awaiting audience. However, before she could pick up the sugary delight, her absentminded cat hopped onto the counter top it was being stored on. “No! Puss!”
Too late - the gingerbread house had become a gingerbread splat on the floor of Carmen’s kitchen. It would take hours she didn’t have to recreate it.

TaskFirst, complete this sliding puzzle.
Next, for an optional bonus ticket, you MAY write a short story from 200 to 1000 words describing how the subject of this puzzle was created. However, this short story MUST include a disaster or mishap of some sort.

Rules1. All HEX, RPC, and RPC Lounge rules apply. All work must be your own.
2. This is an individual writing and puzzle contest. While the story is optional, a 100% correct completed puzzle is required to be considered an eligible entry. Stories may be from 200 to 1000 words in length.
3. Please send in only one entry for this activity. If you send in more than one, only your first entry will be counted.
4. You may earn a maximum of two tickets in this contest: one from the sliding puzzle, and one from the optional short story.
5. Please owl your entries to the RPC Mods account.
6. If you have any questions, feel free to post them in this thread or owl Brig.
7. This contest ends on December 31st at 11:59 pm HEX time.